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To keep myself from going to sleep in the middle of the day, I started this. 'tis moi!I was planning to do something like this, with ink washes, for a while, and today seemed like the best day to do it.
Took me 5 hours and done with ink and a wee little paintbrush!
there are many things I don't like about it, but for my first ink portrait, it's pretty darn good, if i do say so myself.
I forgot to draw in my eyebrow ring...what a daft person i am
Was supposed to lay horizontal, but I thought it looked much MUCh better this way up.
Enough of my crap, go forth and mingle!
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Absolutely beautiful. I love the use of ink and the light. To favs+
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Very nice work, and for your first ink work really amazing - reminds me of some comic/graphic novel I don't remember right know. Shading and contrast work very well even though your fingers don't stand up to the standard of the rest...
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thankyou so much! im just embarrassed i cant come up with anything to rival or even match this! grrr!
thanks so much for the fave
and yeah, the fingers were REALLY rushed! i wish i had slowed down...but, now i know not to hurry these things
thanks again!
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Wow, really good job on the shading! I love your colouring style in this picture *_*
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thankyou very much 
thankyou again!
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thank you very much
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Stunning. I love the texture. You are an amazing artist.
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thankyou very much 
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I'm an art model, and the class I posed for yesterday was trying out ink for the first time. Some of those portraits were just so lovely... I really like the way ink looks, and want to try it out myself eventually.
Your piece is simply amazing. very well done, indeed.
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wow! whats it like posing for hours on end? the model who was posing for us at uni had to have heaters all around or she'd cramp up.
ink was totally different to how i imagined it to be. i pictured it to come out smoothly and evenly and everything would set nicely. I was quite wrong lol
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I don't really pose for hours on end. I pose for 20-30 minutes at a time, then take short breaks in between. it's not too bad, really. the instructors never ask me to get into positions that are too uncomfortable. my limbs fall asleep sometimes, but I grin and bear it. I enjoy modeling... the only thing is that a lot of times, I see all these people drawing or painting, and I'm just sitting there, dying to get up and perch myself at an easel and do what they're doing.
I have not used ink yet. I did go out and buy some, but haven't gotten around to trying it out yet. I've been modelling for a summer class of high school kids and they are using ink... the results are just wonderful, I really love the look of it.
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Oh.. wow, I love this picture so much! You did a really really good job with detail, and everything else 
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with ink!!!! so great!!! i lov this!! creative!!!
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Its almost as sexy and beautiful as you are
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Fantastico. The wet technique is really working here.
OF course, the subject also helps to sell this one as well. Ah nature.
Ken Meyer Jr. is a guy who works like this in watercolor. I've talked with him a bit and he is a really nice guy.
Did a lot of the work for White Wolf publications. I believe he is on Epilogue and on DA as well.
You might be interested in his work as well: [link]
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thankyou so much for the comments
i checked Ken Meyer Jr.'s stuff out and it's extremely impressive!
i'll definately be keeping an eye on h is works.
thankyou, again
sorry i couldnt say more. i have a feeling the sun has fried my brain lol darn walking
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wow!!!
amazing use of light and shadow, ESPECIALLY WITH INK.
i couldn't even do something like this with pencil, where my skills are now.. this is amazing!
simply stunning... you should be proud!
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no miss L...let me just say that YOU ARE AMAZING...looking forward to uni my dear???? sorry to not have got in contact sooner...email me and we should meet as i'm closer to uni now and blah blah blah HOW ARE YOU?!!?
This is JUST BEAUTIFUL...I love it.
YAY I"VE FOUND YOU ON DEVART...took me long enuf!
come visit me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
xoxoxoxoxoxo J
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i am NOT looking forward to uni...but then, i am! i'm abit cautious because i had such a piss weak year last year, but then, i know what to expect (sort of) this year and can plan things in my head in advance. i want to put Bronson into my art
thank yeeee for the comment! i'll have to show u the real thing when we gather back at yoony.
it was lovely talking to u this morning! how was brekky? i'm burnt from beachin'. and there was a dead shark there...i don't know why that was important...
yay for finding moi! 
happy day!
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Brekky was great except I ate it at 1pm...the day just flew!
Had a bit of retail therapy in Bangalow...then came home...i bought this nifty nib pen and a funky little
pencil case for uni, i'm sure they'll be highly useless, but the novelty value is worth it
Oooh dead shark? hmmm...poor sharky - make sure you put aloe on that burnt skin or you'll
look like me after i got burnt the other day, yukky and peeling...ewww
grOss...
yeah it took me long enuff to find ya...
talk 2 ya soon 
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Beautiful portrait. You really captured a peaceful mood here. I love the washes. The shading is gorgeous and I just love those eyelashes.
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thankyou so much
take care!
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You're very welcome! I really enjoyed the ink washes!
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o, and thank you so much for the fave lol sorry, i'm a little slow
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I think that's one of the best ink and brush pieces I've ever seen!
Gosh it's just wonderful!
Mwaha - I have an eyebrow ring too
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awesome! but i have bad news..mine got ripped out 
thanks so much for the comment
that should take a while, seeng as i'm slightly broke at the moment lol
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Oh man... I almost lost mine once too, it got torn about halfway out, but managed to salvage itself 
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mine wasnt ripped all the way either, but there was no way it could heal over...and i couldnt take the bar our, so i got my brother to cut it with wire cutters lol very medical procedure
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Mine was snagged in a particularly rough pit at a show... Coulda been worse - I saw some guy get his nipple ring ripped all the way out. Oh man, I'm near sick just thinking about it
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not as violent as your story! mine got knocked around abit at my niece's birthday party and i awoke with it bleeding and torn. i was actually going to use pliers to get it out, but trying to coordinate pliers while looking in a mirror is damn hard! lol
the nipple story made me cringe! the poor guy! makes me want to curl up and tremble lol what did you get your eyebrow snagged on? i got headbutted in a mosh pit! now THAT hurt. dont know what it has to do with anything, but i thought it was an interesting short story
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